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Yeah, it was pretty lame to have Misty win that way. I mean, how many times has Ash seen Psyduck use confusion when it gets a headache? Like half a dozen at least. Sometimes Ash forgets things, but this was just rediculous.

The thing is, she didn't *have* to use Psyduck at all. Remember, she was about to call out Staryu when Psyduck popped out on its own. That didn't *have* to happen.

She was about to call out Corsola, not Staryu. However, it seems that we (you, me, Friesguy, and Heracross) are in agreement that this was a particulary ridiculous way for her to win(not that Misty or the writers would care about the "how", only that Misty got the win over Ash).

Ash wasn't the only one who forgot, either; both Brock and Misty forgot about the platypus's migrane-fueled powers(with Misty remembering only when said powers started to flare up). As I once stated in the "Will Misty Return?" thread, I wonder how Misty would have reacted had Psyduck popped out instead of Corsola in during her match with Trinity. Bet it wouldn't have been pleasent for Psyduck...

Given her bragging---and attempts at it---in some later eps, it's actually a shame they that Misty *didn't* lose her battle with Ash...she honestly could have used the demolition(as Ash got in Brave The Wave and his Spoiler:

bout with Hoenn E4 Drake

), and Ash wouldn't have lorded it over her like she would do over him on occasion. Yet another chance for character development spoiled, and a chance for Pokeshipping to get a genuine boost squandered as well.

Well for me, this episode had it's moments of disappointment, and moments of goodness.

Misty sure got lucky when Psyduck popped out of it's ball. I'll bet anything had she tried to use Corsola she wouldn't had stood a chance. Kingler has proven himself to beat opponents much tougher then Corsola. Psyduck won mainly due to the fact that he's nearly unstoppable. In fact, his battle is currently undefeated, save for that battle where Bulbasaur tickled him into submission.

I was deeply confused as to how exactly a Corsola could KO a Gyarados with nothing more then a Spike Cannnon, for god's sake, Gyarados aren't THAT weak.

Ash's battle against Misty was pretty interesting in this episode. It's funny how the last time they battled they made a point of it being a rematch of the battle they never got to finish at the Cerulean gym, but it didn't get mentioned in this episode. That's especially odd considering the fact that last time Ash won and this time Misty won, so now they're even. I liked the battle in "The Totodile Duel" better, but this battle was pretty good too.

I dunno how many times Ash has seen Psyduck use Confusion, but you'd really think it would make a bigger impression on him ._. Not to mention, of all the opponents, why did he use Vicegrip now? Hyper Beam and Crabhammer are perfectly good moves, and they'd both annihilate Psyduck. Unless Ash was going for the "slow defeat" sort of triumph, I don't see why he used Vicegrip.

Crabhammer was awesome, though, as was seeing Kingler actually battle.

Every character you expected to win in this episode lost XD. I thought Ash would win, and then he loses. Then I thought Misty would win, and she loses. And then I thought Trinity would win......AND SHE LOSES. lol unpredictability in Pokémon ftw

Heh, such dramatic build-up for the attempted theft of the Sea Spirit. And then Jessie just wimps out XD They did particularly bad today, and if there was ever a time when they'd die, it'd be now(the balloon exploded very violently).

Like Kingdra in the past episode, Golduck never seems to have the same voice.

I was just thinking of how a Lanturn would fare in this episode when Trinity called out Chinchou lol.

Overall rating:
7.3 out of 10
Quite a let-down after such build-up. But hey, it's Johto, what do you expect? ¬_¬

IMO, Misty should've won, or at least made it to the final round. Even if she was going to be in Ash's group permanently, this would probably still have been the last time she'd ever have a Water-only tournament to compete in. Imagine how disappointing it would be if Pok&#233;mon had ended without Ash ever winning a League?

Misty had to beat Ash, though. If she'd lost to a guy who's not even a Water specialist, her dream of becoming the top Water Pok&#233;mon trainer would look like a joke.

Ash just plainly forgot about psyduck's headache attacks. I can understand because he really doesn't tent to remember things about pokemon besides his own. Misty really needed to win becuse Ash beat her other times. Like in the totodile duel, where she just wasn't prepared for that one. Ash really wouldn't have beaten Misty at her gym either because it was a 2 on 2 match. So even if he managed to beat starmie, pigeotto would've had to deal with staryu. Trinity didn't deserve to win either, I don't care that she had more experience. Experience doesn't always matter. Maybe the spike cannon delivered to her gyarados was a five hit critical hit attack. And how did chinchou survive that miror coated spark? It was very powerful. When attacks like that deal lots of damage to the mirror coater, the damage would pretty much be a OHKO IMO.

It was an ok episode, I just wish Misty and Ash's battle was a bit longer and more detailed but I guess it was the only way to make way for the other battles. Trinity was pretty good, shame she didn't win. =(

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I actually liked this episode alot. I don't know if because it was based soley around water pokemon, my favorite, or because i got to see Ash and Misty battle. I think it was a poorly done battle sequence, but overall it was fine. I would have liked to see Misty go a little further in the competetion instead of losing right after she beat ash. 8/10

Very good episode, loved seeing Ash & Misty battle again though i'm abit disappointed the writers went with Psyduck being it's uber self after it gets a headache to win, you'd think Ash would've remembered it and thought of a way to avoid it like he did in "Who gets to keep Togepi.". I love Trinity she's one of my favorite "character of the day/week" i'd love to see her again in the series, especially since the animators modeled her after Misty right down to the same hairstyle, which makes me wonder if they were possibly trying to hint at what Misty might be like older and wiser, seeing as Trinity has a Gyarados which Misty gets later in the series and Trinity also has a Golduck which is the evoled form of Psyduck which Misty also has. Lastly I love Misty's victory dance when ever see wins it really gives her personality.

My Grandmother always said...
"She who walks the path of heaven will rule over everything"

This is one of my favorite Johto episodes.The whole match between Ash and Misty was great and battle was full of unexpected twists.I really didnt expected that psyduck will pop out of the ball,and im surprised that Ash didnt remembered what happens when he gets headache.However im glad that Misty won,afterall she deserved it and her poliwhirl was impressive managing to beat totodile and he put a good fight against Ashs kingler.

Sadsly Misty lost right after that from Trinity but you can tell that she gaved the best from herself to try to win that match.I was quite impressed when her corsola defeated gyarados.Oh well that is how it goes in life,sometimes you win and sometimes you lose.You cant always win.

I was actually a bit amazed to see Misty win... then again, it's been a while since they battled ("Who Gets To Keep Togepi" was the last time I remember... and even then it was weird.) Bravo, Misty! ^_^